Tag: "political philosophy"

Edmund Burke & the Politics of Reform

Jon Langford outlines conservative insights gained from revolutionary failures.
[Issue 160: February/March 2024: Irish Philosophy]

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)

Hilarius Bogbinder looks at a man who wanted to make Peace from Warre.
[Issue 160: February/March 2024: Brief Lives]

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Shashwat Mishra introduces Ayn Rand’s massive novel promoting self-interest and laissez-faire capitalism.
[Issue 160: February/March 2024: Classics]

Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821)

by Terence Green
[Issue 154: February/March 2023: Philosophical Haiku]

Ethics in Politics

Massimo Pigliucci trawls the history of politics to see how closely ethics fits it.
[Issue 153: December 2022 / January 2023: Articles]

Cicero (106-43 BC)

Hilarius Bogbinder considers the inconstant career of the most famous politician-philosopher named after a legume.
[Issue 153: December 2022 / January 2023: Brief Lives]

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527)

by Terence Green
[Issue 153: December 2022 / January 2023: Philosophical Haiku]

Kant’s Political Philosophy

Matt Qvortrup explains how the Enlightenment’s leading philosopher went looking for a bit of peace.
[Issue 150: June/July 2022: Immanuel Kant]

Pylyp Orlyk (1672-1742)

Hilarius Bogbinder tells us about an innovative Ukrainian philosopher, democratic theorist and campaigner against tyranny.
[Issue 150: June/July 2022: Brief Lives]

A Serious Matter

by Rick Lewis
[Issue 149: April/May 2022: Editorial]

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